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Merton and Morden 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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Road accidents were responsible for 4 of the total deaths, compared with 9 in the year before.
| Inquests were held in the district on 22 deaths. Verdicts were as follows:— | ||
| (1) Natural causes | 4 | |
| (2) Suicide by- | ||
| Jumping in front of train | 1 | 2 |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| (3) Accidental— | 13 | |
| Fractured skull sustained in gymnasium | 1 | |
| Motor cycle in collision with lorry | 1 | |
| Fall in street | 1 | |
| Collision between 2 motor cars | 2 | |
| Fall in the home | 5 | |
| Burns by clothing catching alight | 1 | |
| Fall down lift shaft | 1 | |
| Collision between pedal cycle and lorry | 1 | |
| (5) Death by misadventure— | 3 | |
| Infection from extraction of impacted wisdom tooth | 1 | |
| Coal gas poisoning | 1 | |
| Alcoholism (Chronic) | 1 | |
| 22 | ||
Road accidents were responsible for 4 of the total deaths being the same number as in 1940.
| Inquests were held in the district on 22 deaths. Verdicts were as follows:— | ||
| (1) Natural causes | 5 | |
| (2) Suicide by— | 5 | |
| Coal gas poisoning | 1 | |
| Cyanide poisoning | 1 | |
| Potassium Cyanide | 1 | |
| Unknown narcotic | 1 | |
| Gunshot wounds of head | 1 | |